Done and Dusted

Well, it looks like it's all over remarkably quickly. Martial law is being imposed for a year, with the claim that democracy will be allowed again after that. The only obvious differences are the soldiers on the streets, and the fact that as soon as Thailand is mentioned on the international TV news channels, they clumsily cut to the grinning faces of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Bizarre. Online access to international news is still uncensored - presumably the military boys have never used the internet, or don't have the IT skills to block it yet.